Most people stay inside during a winter storm, but a group of Jeep drivers says they’re needed out in the thick of it along I-20 in Duncanville to tow 18-wheelers stuck on the frozen highway.
Aime Gomez belongs to the Carnales Off Road Club. She says jeeps are fun but also come in handy during icy conditions.Gomez says she isn’t surprised the Jeeps are able to pull these 18-wheelers.18-wheelers continued to get stuck while driving uphill along the I-20 eastbound lanes. On the downhill westbound lanes, traffic crawled as vehicles slid on a sheet of ice."All of a sudden, I started slipping and sliding all over the road, and I decided to pull over," he said.
"I drive a lot for work. I don’t usually come through Texas," he said. "I’ve never seen anything like this."Most highways in and around Dallas are covered in snow, slush and ice. So while it’s unusual to see good Samaritans taking control of a frozen highway to help truck drivers, they believe it’s exactly where they need to be: on a mission to help.
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